Race 3 (074)
XIAN HANDICAP Rating:40-15 1800m Sha Tin Good To Firm
Section 1
| Placing | Horse No |
Horse Name | Jockey | Gear | Comment |
| 1 | 8 | NATURAL ECHO (CB326) | G Mosse | B | Towards rear. Steady progress on 4-wide far side to be 5th final turn. Sustained effort to take control 100 M out. Held on. |
| 2 | 9 | UNIVERSAL GLORY (BV162) | D Dunn | B | Took lead from a wide draw. Crossed to the fence 850 M out. Became 2nd from 650 M until regaining advantage 200 M. Unable to match speed with winner inside 100 M. |
| 3 | 3 | BIEN BIEN HEART (CC095) | J Quinn | -- | Midfield or slightly behind. Shifted to the inside 1400 M. Maintained similar position until running on quite well in straight to just miss 2nd. |
| 4 | 14 | THE ONLY HERO (CA294) | A Delpech | SR | Forward midfield. In midfield final turn. Made up good ground on outside, never nearer. |
| 5 | 10 | LUCKY FRIENDS (CB301) | R Fradd | B1/TT | Settled behind midfield from widest draw. Moved up from 1400 M to reach 4th 1000 M. Kept on without quickening in straight. |
| 6 | 2 | LUCKY BIRD (CB342) | D Whyte | B1 | Better than midfield. Kept on same pace in straight. |
| 7 | 7 | FORTUNE LAD (CB279) | M W Leung | V- | Midfield early. Settled back from 1400 M to be in the rear group home bend. Made steady ground in straight and kept on well final 200 M. (See Racing Incidents.) |
| 8 | 11 | TORI TOP (CB405) | K C Tsang | -- | In touch early, dropped back gradually to midfield. Towards rear rounding home bend before recovering some ground in straight. |
| 9 | 12 | NIGHT HUNTER II (CB070) | C Williams | B | Slowly away, last to 1000 M. Circled field from outside to reach lead 650 M. Weakened when headed 200 M. |
| 10 | 13 | NOBLE GLORY (CB145) | W Smith | -- | Towards rear. Made up some ground when under pressure in straight. Failed to ride out when held up closing stages. |
| 11 | 4 | BROSE'S HONOR (CB402) | H K Yim | B | Towards rear throughout. |
| 12 | 5 | TIME OF RED WINE (CC040) | G Schofield | SR/V | Well there. Weakened out of contention from 3rd 400 M. |
| 13 | 1 | FIRST KNIGHT (CB357) | S Dye | B | Never a factor. |
| 14 | 6 | DOMINATION (CC186) | W C Marwing | B | Prominent to 800 M. Dropped back steadily despite under whip final turn. |
| B : | Blinkers | BO : | Blinker with one cowl only | CC : | Cornell Collar | CP : | Sheepskin Cheek Pieces |
| CO : | Sheepskin Cheek Piece One Side | E : | Ear Plugs | H : | Hood | P : | Pacifier |
| PC : | Pacifier with cowls | PS : | Pacifier with one cowl | SB : | Sheepskin Browband | SR : | Shadow Roll |
| TT : | Tongue Tie | V : | Visor | VO : | Visor with one cowl | XB : | Crossed Nose Band |
| "1" : | First time | "2" : | Replaced | "-" : | Removed |